The veteran is seeking a compensable disability rating for a stress fracture of the right pubic ramus. The case must be remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination to assess his current level of disability.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further development due to conflicting x-ray reports regarding arthritis of the hips and the need for new findings on the veteran's current status with respect to his service-connected stress fracture of the right pubic ramus.
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture of the right pubic ramus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0728742
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has revised an April 2010 rating decision to assign a February 15, 1989 effective date for the grant of service connection for stress fractures of the left pubic ramus, right pubic ramus, and right proximal tibia due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected musculoligamentous strain, right knee, is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
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